LUCKY LU ANDREWS. She was the secretary for the architecture firm of Ralph Twitchell, which in its 1940s-’60s heyday helped make Sarasota, Florida, an epicenter of important modern architecture. Over the years, Lu Andrews’ employers designed three houses for her. This, the third of them, built in 1959, is a 909-square-foot, 2 BR, 2 bath jewel, with brilliantly pared-down lines and compact design.

In my view, this is a highly covetable winter/retirement or year-round home, its small size mitigated by sliding glass walls that visually extend the house out into its lush tropical setting and insure abundant light throughout the day.

I was in Sarasota once many years ago and don’t know it well. The location is said to be prime though — “west of trail” and close to downtown, the bay, parks, marina, restaurants, galleries, beaches, St. Armands Circle (a high-end shopping/dining district), and the Ringling College of Art and Design.

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6 Responses to Modernist Gem in Sarasota 375K

OOOHHHH…Love this house but I would like to move it up the east coast somewhere. For now I’ll save the images in my ‘Design Inspiration’ file and get back to it for all of its cool and precise details, wide open spaces and beautifully framed vistas.

I’ve been in this homes many times in its original state. Great restoration. Ludelle Andrews was the mother of my late husband Stephen Charles Andrews. Steve passed away December 30, 1996 and preceded the death of his mom Ludelle.